Hackers IRL

Panda on travel jitters and why caring feels like stress

Panda from Assura talks through the pre-trip anxiety that hits before every con or vacation, how he reframes nerves as a sign he cares, and learning to ship early over chasing perfect.

The first person Panda ever talked Linux with was a therapist

Panda from Assura unwinds at the Jacksonville Linux User Group, catches Champ Clark demo JSONAir, and shares how a childhood therapist became the first person to ever listen to them nerd out about Linux. Shoutouts: Champ Clark, Key9 Security

Panda on AI shifting the software moat

Panda from Assura walks his dog and riffs on how AI has tanked the value of secret-sauce IP, why the real moat is just doing, and why vibe-coded apps still need real security testing.

her0x0ftime on vulnerability management and the feeling of insanity

her0x0ftime calls in on his morning drive to share how early vulnerability management work mirrored his recovery journey, and how the endless scan-and-patch cycle pushed him to rethink what security really means. Shoutouts: Panda

Panda on AI gatekeeping, jailbreaks, and Evil Voice Agents

Panda talks about frontier models quietly profiling who you are before answering, the lockpick-letterhead parallel, debug-mode jailbreaks, and worries about who gets gated out of learning infosec.